Van Dyke and his brother have also worked together as propmaker foremen on Dr. Dolittle 2 and also worked together on the 2006 film Crank, with Michael as construction foreman and Robert working on props. Michael Van Dyke's other credits include propmaker foreman on the 1998 remake of Psycho and construction foreman on The Matrix Reloaded. He was 48 years old when he died.